Lost His Leg—Became Navy's First Black Master Diver Anyway In 1966, Navy diver Carl Brashear was recovering a lost hydrogen bomb off the coast of Palomares, Spain, when a steel towing line snapped. A heavy pipe flew across the deck toward his crew. According to his Navy and Marine Corps Medal citation, Brashear threw himself in harm's way to push a shipmate to safety—the pipe crushed his left leg, nearly killing him. Doctors at one point declared him dead from blood loss. He survived, but his le
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Today, The Carl Brashear Foundation, along with the U.S. Navy, presented Navy Diver First Class Bryan Myers with the Navy Diver of the Year Award at the National Museum of the United States Navy. The Carl Brashear Foundation annually recognizes a Navy diver in the fleet whose actions espouse the dedication, strength, and principled actions of Master Chief Petty Officer, Carl Brashear - the first black sailor to graduate from the U.S. Navy's diving school. Among those in attendance were keynote s
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The Navy's First Amputee Master Diver Did the Impossible Master Chief Carl Maxie Brashear became the U.S. Navy's first Black Master Diver and first amputee diver in 1970, shattering barriers that many believed were impossible to break. Born to sharecroppers in Kentucky in 1931, Brashear enlisted in the Navy in 1948—four months before President Truman desegregated the military—and became the first African American to graduate from Navy Diving & Salvage School in 1954. His greatest test came in 19
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